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Relationships among personal and organizational communication skills, occupational stress, and patient safety activities of nursing workforce working in the integrated nursing care service ward  

Oh, Danbi (Kangbuk Samsung Medical Center)
Yi, Yeojin (College of Nursing, Hanyang University)
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Korea Journal of Hospital Management / v.27, no.3, 2022 , pp. 15-25 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purposes: This study aimed to identify the relationships among personal and organizational communication skills, occupational stress, and patient safety activity levels of two nursing workforce groups (nurses and nursing assistants) who provide integrated nursing care services. Methodology: The study design is a cross-sectional study. Seventy-one nurses and forty-three nursing assistants working in the integrated nursing care service wards participated in this study. The data were collected using a self-reported questionnaire from June to July 2021. The relationships among the variables were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient. Findings: Nurses' personal communication skills (r=.294, p=.013), organizational communication skills (r=.408, p<.001), and occupational stress (r=.243, p=.041) were associated with their patient safety activities. However, nursing assistants' personal communication skills, organizational communication, and occupational stress were not correlated with their patient safety activities. Practical Implication: Patient safety activities of nurses were related to their communication skills and occupational stress, but nurse assistants were not. Therefore, nurses should encourage nursing assistants to responsibly engage in patient safety activities and supervise their works appropriately to achieve high-quality care.
Keywords
communication skills; integrated nursing care service; nursing workforce; occupational stress; patient safety activities;
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